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EDWY: A Poem, in Three Parts
Written by Ann Radcliffe
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In Edwy, Ann Radcliffe gives us a delightful piece of poetic moonshine, whose eponymous hero seeks assistance from the world of faerie in order to spy on his girlfriend, Aura, and see if she really loves him. He does this by venturing unseen into Windsor Forest at night to trap the love-fay, Eda, who, once spellbound, must reveal all and let him remotely view Aura's activities by means of a magic mirror cut from crystal. In addition to this early form of cyberstalking, Edwy, on his night-journey into the forest gets to witness a royal procession of the Fairie Queen, followed by midnight revels of elves and spirits. What seems like a mid-summer night's dream turns into a comedy of errors, though, as Edwy suffers memory loss, makes a false start, and unintentionally looses a mischievous wood sprite in the course of his romantic quest. Puckishly playful, Mrs. Radcliffe imbues her tale with a remarkable sense of the glimmering feyness of the nighttime forest, making a principal appeal of the poem's dreamlike world the inscrutability and ultimate indeterminacy of events glimpsed by moonlight. (Summary by Grant Hurlock)
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Ann Radcliffe
Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823) was a pioneering English novelist and one of the leading figures of the gothic fiction genre. Born in London, Radcliffe gained immense popularity during the late eighteenth century with 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' (1794) and 'The Italian' (1797), which captivated readers with their evocative descriptions and elements of mystery and horror.
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